Gossip Hounds Chapter 6: The Phone Call, a twilight fanfic

Sooo, I decided we need some Edward POV! Everybody loves Edward. (:

But first I need to finish where I left off with Bella and Emmett.

I do not own Twilight, or any of the characters even though I have tried, unsuccessfully.

READ ON!

BPOV

"I need to get a hold of him, Emmett," I hinted. He looked at me. "You have to at least held me get to him, or I won't help you get to Rose," I threatened.

Emmett sighed. "I won't give you his number because that would just be creepy. I'll mention that I saw you here, okay? I'll tell him we exchanged numbers and if he's interested he'll call you. Satisfied?" I nodded and pulled out my cell phone.

"Let's do this," I said, excited my plan was working. He pulled out his phone and we exchanged numbers.

"Now what about my end of the deal?" He asked.

"Dude, don't worry. If she gave you a bitch look, you're already in." He pumped his fist in the air. "Oh, get over yourself," I smacked in the arm and walked out the door.

Rose was standing across the room and I made my way to her through the thick crowd.

"Everything go okay?" She shouted over all the noise. I nodded, "Who was the asshole?" She hitched her thumb towards the kitchen.

I smiled. Knew it, I thought. "Oh, that's Emmett Cullen. You know, the big time football player—"

"For the Raiders? I love them!" Rose exclaimed. She looked back at the kitchen doorway, practically drooling.

"Well, yeah. I wrote an article about his a couple weeks ago and he wanted to discuss it. I think we might meet up sometime. You should come," Say yes, say yes, I begged in my head.

"Eh, sure. Why not? The guy's probably a douche anyways," She shrugged. "Let's get out of here." She looked for Alice and made eye contact with her. She jerked her head towards the door and the three of us left.

This is going to be easier than I thought, I thought.

EPOV

I couldn't get her out of my head. Bella. Even just saying it in my head made my head start to pound. I couldn't figure out why she had such an effect on me, but I was intrigued by her all the same. If only I knew how to find her or get a hold of her.

Just then, my door opened and Emmett walked in, barely making it through the door.

"How was the party?" Emmett grunted, "What? Was it that bad?"

"Nah, I did run into some pretty hot chicks though," I chuckled. Emmett was always meeting women, not that he could keep one.

"You get their numbers?"

"Uh, yeah. This one girl's. Bella, I think her name was?" My heart skipped a beat. No way, there had to be another girl named Bella. "Isabella Swan, that's it. We exchanged numbers," So it was my Bella, but she was obviously into football players. My heart sank.

"But she wasn't interested in me. She said she met some guy today and is totally looking for him. I figured it was you, man, so I got her number for you," He chuckled.

My heart sped up. I was finally going to talk to her. Emmett pulled out his cell phone and I grabbed for it, but he pulled it away at the last second. He chuckled at my behavior.

"Gee, someone is impatient. You just met the girl," I grabbed at the phone—and Emmett—but he dodged me. Stupid football players.

"Just give me the number, Emmett," I said through gritted teeth.

"All right, Mr. Impatient, here it is," He gave me the number and I stored it in my phone. I walked to my bedroom and shut the door, sitting on the bed. I stared at the number in my phone.

If I called her now, would it seem too desperate, or bold? What if she didn't want to hear from me? She probably thought I was an arrogant celebrity, which I definitely didn't want her to think. After a couple more minutes I just decided to just call her. There was only one way to find out what she thought of me.

I held the phone up to my ear and listened to it ring.

"Hello?" A voice hesitantly said through the phone. It was her. I smiled.

"Hello," I said smoothly, "This is Edward Cullen."

BPOV

I was sitting on my couch in my apartment with Rose and Alice, talking about the party. I filled them in on Emmett's part, but leaving out our deal. I didn't want Rose to know what was going on.

In return, they were telling me about the guys that had hit on them. It was ridiculous what guys would do. I was rolling on the ground, crying, from Alice's story about this guy asking her if, "it had hurt when she fell from heaven, because she looked like an angel,"

My cell phone started to ring, and I reached for it wiping the tears off my face. I looked at how was calling, but it was unknown to me. Could Emmett have worked that fast?

"Hello?" I said hesitantly, playing my game.

"Hello," A voice said smoothly, "This is Edward Cullen."

I pumped my fist in the air. Success! I had him. Alice and Rose looked at me questioningly. It's Edward, I mouthed. They exchanged a look.

I got up and took myself to my room where I shut the door and sat on my bed.

"You know, it's a little creepy that you have my number," I teased him.

"I figured you might not mind. I already kissed you, I didn't think I could get anymore creepy," I laughed. It was pretty true.

"So very true, but can I ask how you got my number?" I already knew, but it was more fun to mess around. Besides, I was curious to know what he would say.

"I have my ways." He said mysteriously.

"Come on, you should tell me,"

"If I tell you, I would have to kill you," He said seriously.

I burst out laughing, "They still say that? Is that from one of your movies, Superstar?"

"I am hurt, Bella Swan, hurt. I only use lines from movies once in awhile," He chuckled. "It usually gets the girls."

"Keep dreaming, Superstar," I said, "I'm not biting."

"Darn. How else am I supposed to dazzle you?" He sounded slightly frustrated, it was cute. I decided to give him a break.

"You could take me to get some coffee. Movie stars like coffee, don't they?"

"Of course they do. Haven't you seen the movies? We always have coffee." I couldn't tell if he was kidding or not, but I just decided to go with it.

"Good. Let me know when you schedule isn't totally hectic, and we'll make it happen."

"How about Thursday? It's one of my few days where I have almost nothing to do." He said.

"Let me check my schedule. Super stars aren't the only ones who are busy. I'll call you right back." I hung up my phone and plopped down onto the bed.

I knew I had nothing going on, but I was still holding back. There was knock on my door.

"Come in," I called out. Rose poked her head into my room and made towards my bed.

"Was that Masen?" I nodded, "Are you really going through with this?" I nodded once more. Rose seemed really unsure about me doing this. Then, it was as if lightning had struck me on the head.

"You know, Rose, if you're really not comfortable with me doing this, why don't you come with me this Thursday? I promise you won't be a third wheel. I'll tell him to bring a friend," She considered it. "Come on, Rose, I need you." I knew I had her there.

"All right, I guess I could. Is Alice going to come too?"

"I can't! I have a date with James on Thursday." Alice called from the living room.

"I guess she can't. She has a date with James." I said with a grimace. I didn't like James that much, but he made Alice happy, so I put up with him for her.

"I guess so," She raised her eyebrows. She didn't like James either, but she was more vocal about it. "But I will go on this date with you, because I love you and I promised I would help you."

"I owe you, Rose."

"Of course you do. Did you seriously think I was going to do this for free?" She looked at me with a shocked expression. I threw a pillow at her.

"Ha ha. Now get out of my room. I have a date to make."

She grabbed the pillow I had thrown at her and threw it right back. "I hope you know what you're doing," She warned.

I waved at her foolishness and picked up my phone. I redialed his number and waited impatiently for him to answer.

"Do you have room in your busy life for a sleaze ball like me?" He answered.

I giggled, "It appears I do."

"Great! I know this really good café. I'm sure you'll like it. Do you want to meet there around five tomorrow afternoon?"

"Sounds good, but I forgot that I promised my friend Rose that I would spend the day with her. Do you mind if she tags along?" I paused before rushing into the next sentence, "You could bring one of your celebrity friends, Superstar."

There was silence on the other end, and I wondered if I had possibly done something when I heard a noise in the background. It sounded like something getting smacked.

"My friend Emmett just said he would love to join us." Edward said. He sounded like he was holding someone down.

"That sounds fine with me, and I'm sure Rose will be fine with it too. I'll see you there," I hung up my phone. This was going perfectly.

EPOV

I was laying on my bed, waiting for Bella to call me back, when all of a sudden something huge attacked me and I went flying into the air as they landed on the bed. I landed on the floor with an "Oof!"

The thing that had attacked me was sprawled across my bed, laughing his ass off.

"You should have s-seen your fa-face!" He tried to get out. I carefully out off the ground, trying to see if I had hurt anything. Luckily, I didn't and I lunged at Emmett.

"You are so going to die!" I was about to punch him when my phone started to ring. I paused, fist in the air and dived for my phone.

It was Bella.

"Do you have room in your busy life for a sleaze ball like me?" It sounded lame to me, even Emmett agreed. He put a finger in his mouth to symbolize gagging. I waved him away.

I heard her giggle on the other line. "It sounds like I do." My spirits lifted. I had a date with this girl. I could practically jump in the air, but I tried to keep my cool.

"Great! I know this really good café. I'm sure you'll like it. Do you want to meet there around five tomorrow afternoon?" I know you were supposed to get coffee in the morning, but I had an interview in the morning. I would just have to deal with it. I would do anything to have a date with this girl.

Emmett motioned for me to put the phone on speaker so he could listen along. Figuring it was the only way to get him to be good, I complied.

Emmett started jumping up and down, pointing at himself. I reached out and smacked him. He fell on the bed and I held back a laugh.

"My friend Emmett just said he would love to join us." I said, holding the huge bear down. He would blow my cover. She would think I was an immature boy if she knew I had her on speakerphone.

"That sounds fine with me, and I'm sure Rose will be fine with it too. I'll see you there," She hung up and I sighed. I had a date with Bella Swan.

This was going perfectly.